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Alyahya, Ahmed Ibrahim

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“…16 Unfortunately, few studies have fully explored the burden of medical liability and the rise of medicolegal claims in the region, 17 although they do demonstrate that the burden exists and acknowledge that the number of claim has risen. 14,[17][18][19][20][21] These studies frequently recommend adherence to standards of medical practice to safeguard against medicolegal claims, but such claims can include aspects of negligence and unlawful violations that cannot be addressed through such standards alone. Legal education and training for health care providers are essential solutions for decreasing the number of medicolegal claims in the region.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…31 An integrated curriculum in law training for health care professionals has already been proposed in KSA. 14 To fulfil the requirements, Tables 1 and 2 below present a suggested list of core topics to cover in a medical law curriculum. These topics and themes are by no means exhaustive, but rather they should be considered as examples that need to be developed, revisited, and modified according to the needs of the students and trainees at different levels of their training and practice.…”

Section: Developing a Medical Law Curriculummentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This failure negatively impacts the knowledge and attitudes of medical staff and how they ultimately regard the legal aspects of their practice. 14 With medicolegal claims on the rise in the region, litigation for clinical negligence continues to be a major concern for lawyers, as well as health care practitioners, worldwide.…”

Section: Why Teach Medical Law?mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…31 An integrated curriculum in law training for health care professionals has already been proposed in KSA. 14…”

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Providing Legal Education for Medical Students in Arab Gulf Cooperation Council Countries

Al-Azri

2020

Journal of Medical Education and Curricular Development

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Law and medicine share an interest in the human body in terms of justice, well-being, and the preservation of physical integrity. Despite the long-lasting relationship between medicine and law, the tension between the two disciplines remains an unresolved issue; each requires the other, and almost all societies require them both. Therefore, there is a need to bring these two disciplines closer to render them more beneficial for society. This article addresses the need to introduce a medical law curriculum in medical schools, specifically in the Arab Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. This article first illustrates the relationship between law and medicine by defining the discipline of medical law. Thereafter, it makes a case for including a medical law curriculum in medical school and health care education programs in GCC countries, illustrating the benefits of doing so for society, individuals, and the development of the disciplines themselves. Subsequently, this article proposes an outline for a spiral and integrated medical law curriculum based on the needs and values of GCC countries. This outline is centered around the basic and advanced core topics and encourages engagement with law-medicine activities that further bridge the conceptual gap between medicine and law. This article reasserts the need to bring medicine and law closer together for the benefit of society and the development of the disciplines. One crucial way of doing so is providing formal and structured legal education for medical students.

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